HOMILY EASTER WEEK 03 05 – Year I Transformative Faith: Optional Memorial of St Adalbert (Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117; Jn 6:52-59) **************************************** An atheist professor was told about a little girl who claimed her newborn kittens were atheists. Finding that intriguing, he went to visit her and see for himself. When he arrived and asked […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 04 – Year I Believe, Rejoice and Witness (Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66; Jn 6:44-51) *********************************************** A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him. Finally, the attendant motioned him […]

HOMILY EASTER WEEK 03 03 – Year I Profound Faith, Joyful Experience, Courageous Proclamation: Optional Memorial of St. Anselm (Acts 7:51-8:1; Ps 31; Jn 6:30-35) *********************************************************** Canon Andrew White shared with a church full of people a few years ago in Edmonton a painful reality he experienced during his ministry in Iraq. A group of […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 02 – Year I Believe, Pray, Love (Acts 7:51-8:1; Ps 31; Jn 6:30-35) *********************************************** “Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Today’s liturgy invites us to deepen our faith in our Trinitarian God, soak up God’s love through prayer, and […]

HOMILY EASTER WEEK 03 01 – YEAR I Faith that Yearns for More (Acts 6:8-15; Ps 118; Jn 6:22-29) *********************************************** Most people are yearning for intimacy. But many are afraid of precisely that journey into intimacy, fearful of being hurt in their lives once again. The readings today are an invitation to put our faith […]

HOMILY EASTER SUNDAY 3 B Believe, Repent and Proclaim (Acts 3:13-15; 17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5; Lk 24:35-48) ****************************************** An elderly lady was mailing a bible and when asked by the clerk if there was anything breakable in the package, responded, “Only the10 Commandments.” The gospel today notes interestingly that Jesus “opened the minds of the […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 06 – Year I Balancing Prayer and Ministry, Contemplation and Action Memorial: St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; Jn 6:16-21) ******************************************************* Noted spiritual writer and speaker, Fr. Richard Rohr OFM, founded a Centre for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, some years ago. That prophetic gesture provides a […]

WEEKDAY 02 05 EASTER SEASON – Year I Faith Fully Alive (Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27; Jn 6:1-15)) ******************************************* Years ago, an atheist sociologist, in his analysis of our society and the way it was developing, predicted there would one day be a crisis of the human spirit. Even he could see that our Western culture […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 04 – Year I Faith, Transformation and Eternal Life (Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34; Jn 3:31-36) ************************************************ Faith, transformation and eternal life – these three words sum up the message from today’s readings. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus; we experience transformation through forgiveness and healing, and we then live […]

HOMILY EASTER WEEK 02 03 – Year I Living Jesus’ New Way of Life (Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34; John 3:16-21) **************************************** “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.” That command from an angel of the Lord to the imprisoned apostles, and the gospel today, invite us to […]